Dell Vostro Permits Escaping the Tax

“After a little clicking around to compare different laptops, I ended up on a comparison page for the Vostro line. Naturally, I was drawn to the $299 priced laptop, when I noticed that there are 2 computers that differ only in the OS pre-installed, AND $70! This is the first time I’ve just naturally stumbled upon such a blatant exposure of the Windows tax.”

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About Robert Pogson

I am a retired teacher in Canada. I taught in the subject areas where I have worked for almost forty years: maths, physics, chemistry and computers. I love hunting, fishing, picking berries and mushrooms, too.

3 Responses to Dell Vostro Permits Escaping the Tax

It’s a small thing, but why couldn’t DELL be bothered to use the Ubuntu logo? Specifying which version of Ubuntu you get would also be nice. Seriously, I wouldn’t trust Dell to put the newest LTS on it. There’s also some strange wording:

Affordable and reliable, this Vostro includes Ubuntu, which is flexible and helps you get your basic office jobs done efficiently.

Someone could get the idea that for non-basic office jobs Windows 7 Home Premium is needed. LOL.

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My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.